Combined undergarment and jock-strap.



H.,ZETOSCH.

COMBINED UNDERGARMENT AND JOCK STRAP.

APPLICATION FILED 050.23. 1916.

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COMBINED UNDERGMENT AND JOCK-STRAP.

SpeciflcatLn of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 191?.

Application filed December as, 1916. Serial in. 138,572.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, HENRY ZETOSCH, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York borough'of Manhattan, in the county andtate of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Undergarmentand Jock-Strap, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription. I

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved combinedundergarment and jock strap arranged to enable the user to readily donor remove the garment, to provide convenient means for sanitarypurposes,

and to permit removal of the elastic jock strap portions to allowlaundrying of the garment without injury to the elastic portions.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of anundergarment, provided at the abdomen with a cut-out portion ofapproximately triangular shape, with the apex at the crotch and the baseapproximately at the waistline, and a jock strap having a waistbandattached to the garment and a suspensory member of approximatelytriangular shape and having its sides attached to the side walls of thesaid cut-out portion of the garment and having its base attached to thesaid waistband.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure, 1 is a front elevation of the combined undergarment and jockstrap, the undergarment being in the form of a union suit;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a face view of the jock strap and two of the elastic bandsthereof shown detached; and

.Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section of the garment on the line 44 ofFig. 1.

The undergarment 10 with which the jock strap 11 is combined isillustrated in the form of a union suit, but it is expressly understoodthat the undergarment may be in the form of drawers only.

The undergarment 10 is provided at the abdomen with a cut-out portion 12approximately of triangular shape with the base at the waist line andtheapex at the crotch 13. The jock strap 11 comprises a suspensory member14, preferably of an open mesh fabric and shaped triangularly' forclosing the cut-out portion 12 of the undergarment 10, and the upperedge of the suspensory member is attached to a waistband 15 sewed orotherwise attached to the undergarmentat the waistline thereof. Thesides of the suspensory member 14 are sewed or otherwise fastened to theside walls of the cut-out portion 12- of the undergarment 10, and asanitary slit 16 is preferably arranged at one side ofthe suspensorymember 14 at the joint with the corresponding wall of the cut-outportion 12.

From the lower or apex end of the suspensory member 14 extend divergingback straps 20 and 21 joining the waistband 15 at the back thereof toproperly support the apex end of the suspensory member 14 from the backof the waistband 15. The back straps 20 and 21 are sewed to the backofthe undergarment 10, and in order to provide a sanitary ,back flap 22,use is made of that portion of the undergarment 10 defined by the backof the waistband 15 and the back straps 20 and 21. One side of thissanitary back flap is disconnected from the back strap 21 and the backof the waistband 15 is adapted to open at the junction of the back strap21 with the back. of the waistband 15. A suitable fastening device 23serves to open and close the waistband 15 at the junction of the backstrap 21 as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2.

The undergarment is provided with a slit 25 which extendsupward a shortdistance from the waistband 15 at the junction of the back strap 21 withthe waistband 15. By this arrangement the sanitary back flap 22 can befully opened whenever it is desired to do so.

The waistband 15 is preferably made ofinelastic webbing except the sideportions 30 and 31, which are made of elastic webbing and are preferablydetachable by the use of press buttonsor other suitable fasteningdevices 32. By this arrangement the desired elasticity is provided alongthe waistline of the garment to pro erly sup-.

port the jock strap without exerting undue strain on the upper or shirtportion of the union suit. In case of drawers the yielding waistband 15holds the drawers in position on the wearers body.

The back stra s 20 and 21 are partly made of inelastic web ing andelastic webbmgs or bands 33 and 34 detachable by the use of snap buttonsor other suitable fastening devices 35. It is understood that theelastic webbings 30, 31, 33 and 34 are detached, when washing andlaundrying the combined undergarment and jock strap, to prevent injuryand deterioration of the elastic webbings. In case any one of theelastic webbings is worn out it can be readily replaced by a new one.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the jock strap forms a permanentpart of the undergarment and a proper support for the suspensory member141- is had from the waistband '15 both at the upper and lower ends ofthe suspensory member.

Having thus described my invention, Iv

claim as new anddesire Patent:

1. A garment, comprising an undergarment and jock strap, theundergarment having at the abdomen a cut-out portion extending from thewaist line to the crotch, a suspensory member closing the said cut-outportion, a Waistband attached to the said undergarment and to which theupper edge of the said suspensory member is secured, and back strapsconnecting the crotch end of the suspensory member with the saidWaistband at the back thereof.

2. A garment, comprising an undergarment and a jock strap, theundergarment having at the abdomen a cut-out portion extending from thewaist line to the crotch, a suspensory member of open mesh fabric tosecure by Letters .and having its sides attached to the side walls ofthe said cut-out portion, a waistband attached to the undergarment andto which the upper edge of the said suspensory member is attached, andconverging back straps connecting the crotch end of the suspensorymember with the back of the said waistband.

3. A garment, comprising an undergarment and a jock strap, theundergarment having at the abdomen a cut-out portion extending from theWaist line to the crotch, a suspensory member of open mesh fabric andhaving its sides attached to the side walls of the said cut-out portion,a waistband at tached to the undergarment and to which the upper edge ofthe said suspensory member is attached, and converging back strapsconnecting the crotch end of the suspensory member with the back of thesaid waistband, the said waistband being adapted to be opened at thejunction of one of the said back straps with the waistband.

{1. A garment, comprising an undergarment and a jock strap, theundergarment having at the abdomen a cut-out portion extending from thewaist line to the crotch, a suspensory member of open mesh fabric andhaving its sides attached to the side walls of the said cut-out portion,a waistband at tached to the undergarment and to which the upper edge ofthe said suspensory member is attached, and converging back strapsconnecting the crotch end of the suspensory member with the back of thesaid waistband, the said back straps-being secured to the undergarmentand the'portion of the latter intermediate the back straps beingdetached at one side at the corresponding back strap, the said Waistbandbeing" adapted to be opened atthe junction of the waistband with thelast-named back strap to provide a sanitary back flap adapted to beopened and closed.

5. A garment, comprising an undergarment and 'a jock strap, theundergarment having at the abdomen a cut-out portion extending from thewaist line to the crotch, a suspensory member closing the said cut-outportion, a waistband attached to the said undergarment and to which theupper edge of .the said suspensory memberis secured, r

and back straps connecting the crotch end of the suspensory memberwith'the said waistband at the back thereof, the said waistband havingelastic detachable portions at the sides and the said back straps havingelastic detachable portions.

-6. A garment, comprising an undergarment and a jock strap, theabdominal portion of the undergarment having a triangulat-shaped cut-outportion, the base of which is at the waist line and the apex at thecrotch, a suspensory member of an open mesh fabric and triangular incontour, the sides of the suspensory member being attached to the sidewalls of the said cut-out portion, a waistband attached to theundergarment and to which the upper edge of the said suspensory memberis secured, and back straps attached to the undergarment, to the crotchend of the suspensory memberand to the back of the waistband.

7. A garment, comprising an undergarment anda jock strap, the abdominalportion of the undergarment having a triangular-shaped cut-out portionthe base of which is at the waist line and the apex at the crotch, asuspensory member of an open mesh fabric and triangular in contour, thesides of the suspensory member being attached to the side walls of thesaid cut-out portion, a waistband attached to the undergarment and towhich the upper edge of the said undergarment intermediate the said backstraps and the back of the waistband forming with the waistband back andthe said back straps a sanitary back flap.-

HENRY ZETOSCH.

